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Suspended rider racks up 32 driving charges

A 20-year-old suspended motorcycle rider has been charged with 32 driving offences after allegedly failing to stop for police several times in 24 hours.

Late on Wednesday afternoon the man was seen running a red light at the intersection of Soward Way and Anketell Street, Greenway.

Later that evening, police spotted the motorbike at a playground in Greenway. Despite police directing him to stop, the man took off, swerving through nearby grassland and riding close to members of the public.

A short time later, at the intersection of Drakeford Drive and Mortimer Lewis Drive, police again directed the motorbike to stop. The rider didn’t, instead evading police by riding under an underpass towards Oxley and on to a footpath.

Late on Thursday afternoon police spotted a motorbike with no registration plates being ridden by the same driver from the previous incidents. The rider allegedly sped off before police found him outside a residence in Wanniassa.

The man was taken to Tuggeranong Police Station to undergo a Breath Analysis Test where he blew 0.098, despite being subject to a zero alcohol limit due to being a suspended driver.

The 20-year-old has been charged with multiple offences including two counts of reckless driving, drink driving, three counts of driving while suspended, three counts of failing to stop for police, three counts of driving on a path, three counts using an unregistered vehicle, and three counts of using an uninsured vehicle.

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